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Features
BY PAMELA SUGIMAN | November 25 2021
University leaders need to recognize that each of us is at a different stage in our journey toward equity, justice and self-determination, and that racism within the academy cannot be swept away with one brush.
When I was an undergraduate student, many decades ago, I never spoke in class. I lived in fear that one of my professors would call on me to answer a question. I avoided all courses with a presentation or class participation component. Like many students from the working class, I experienced the uni...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/reflections-from-the-second-national-forum-on-anti-asian-racism/
In my opinion
BY KATHLEEN BORTOLIN | October 28 2021
Determine early on, with a sort of resolve that you may have to fake at first, that you are absolutely worthy and so is your work.
I recently had my first experience as an external examiner for a PhD candidate. I entered the process toward the end, got to engage with original research before anyone else, and supported someone’s journey into this quirky world of academia. I loved it. But then I’m also the person who likes ev...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/after-they-call-you-dr-advice-upon-entering-an-academic-career/
The Black Hole
BY JONATHAN THON | November 20 2019
Any decision to do something new is based on our confidence in ourselves to succeed at it.
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
If there were an easy answer to this question, I would give it. The question presumes that trajectories are pre...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/when-should-i-take-the-next-career-step/
Career Advice
BY BRITTANY A. E. JAKUBIEC | December 11 2017
Regardless of how hard we try, graduate student parents often feel at odds while trying to mend the gap between academia and parenthood.
For many, graduate studies is a challenging quest. Students struggle to manage work and personal commitments, while often working multiple jobs, and trying to secure funding for their research. It is not a pursuit for the faint of heart. Having a child while completing your studies can make things e...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/supporting-graduate-student-parents/
Career Advice
BY MARCO ROMAGNOLI | January 24 2024
Envisioning the PhD journey as three distinct stages: the marathon, the discourse and the compass.
Listening to jazz and deep in the postdoctoral blues, I am writing a few lines about my recently completed PhD journey. My goal is to create a “PhD students’ toolkit,” grounded in my own experience to help fellow sailors navigate the high seas of doctoral studies.
Research work teaches us t...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/a-useful-guide-for-anyone-considering-a-phd/
From PhD to Life
BY JENNIFER POLK | January 22 2015
Jennifer Polk lists her favourite coping mechanisms for when you are waiting for the phone to ring about that academic job you applied for.
On Tuesday evening I spoke at an event on imposter syndrome organized by Grad Minds, a student group at the University of Toronto. One audience member asked about how to keep her spirits up at this time of year, when academic hiring is in full swing. Or, should I say, academic rejection is in full s...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/tips-surviving-academic-job-search-season/
Responsibilities May Include
BY CALVIN CHAN & LISA PURDY | December 04 2019
Research has shown that student mental wellness is a growing concern, but what can we do about it?
Graduate students are adults with an array of life responsibilities including: financial commitments, work, parental, and family demands. But as students, they also balance coursework, teaching, exams, research, and thesis writing, many of which are not bound by workplace hours.
The rising costs ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/supporting-student-success-requires-looking-out-for-their-mental-health/
Features
BY LYNN CUNNINGHAM | January 12 2009
He is exceptional in many ways, but Andrew’s disability will make it difficult for him to access postsecondary education. Where does he fit in?
As Andrew’s 18th birthday approached, the application deadline loomed. There were the in-person appointments to schedule, forms to fill out and documentation to gather. We made it, with two days to spare. A month or so later the good news arrived: he’d been accepted.
No, it wasn’t by Guelph...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/a-place-for-andrew/
Features
BY LYNN CUNNINGHAM | January 12 2009
Andrew est exceptionnel sur plusieurs plans, mais sa déficience lui mettra des bâtons dans les roues s’il veut poursuivre des études postsecondaires. Où peut-il aller?
Le petit-fils par alliance de Lynn Cunningham, Andrew, maintenant âgé de 18 ans, vit avec elle depuis que la Société d’aide à l’enfance est intervenue quand il avait 16 mois. Andrew (que Mme Cun-ningham appelle « mon enfant, tout simplement ») arrive à sa dernière année d’études sec...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/une-place-pour-andrew/
News
BY DIANE PETERS | August 25 2020
As research ramps ups dramatically due to COVID-19, some researchers say we need to do better to keep the knowledge, and develop the downstream products, here.
Sachdev Sidhu believes the engineered proteins he’s helped to develop could treat COVID-19 by stopping the virus from replicating in an already infected person. The University of Toronto professor of molecular genetics and his collaborators are using proteins they’d created to block the enzymes ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/can-canada-keep-its-intellectual-property-from-slipping-away/